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Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a UK power plant

  • Jessica Lyons--Theregister.com
  • published date: 2026-08-24 16:59:00 UTC

No risk to wider energy system, government tells The Reg

A suspected Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a small UK power plant around the time that a series of digital intrusions disrupted American water utilities across 12 states. A British government spo… [+2348 chars]